gridlock

noun

/ˈɡrɪdlɒk/

/ˈɡrɪdlɑːk/

[uncountable, countable]

a situation in which there are so many cars in the streets of a town that the traffic cannot move at all市区交通大堵塞
- It’s gridlock between 6.30 and 9.00.六点半到九点之间交通堵塞。
- The protest march created gridlock.抗议游行造成交通瘫痪。
- roads that are prone to gridlocks容易出现交通堵塞的道路
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
(usually in politics通常用于政治) a situation in which people with different opinions are not able to agree with each other and so no action can be taken僵局（因意见分歧而无法采取行动）
- Congress is in gridlock.国会因意见分歧而陷入僵局。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2

词源1980s (originally US): from grid (in sense (1)) + lock ‘become rigidly fixed’.

词汇	gridlock
释义	gridlock noun /ˈɡrɪdlɒk/ /ˈɡrɪdlɑːk/ [uncountable, countable] a situation in which there are so many cars in the streets of a town that the traffic cannot move at all市区交通大堵塞 It’s gridlock between 6.30 and 9.00.六点半到九点之间交通堵塞。 The protest march created gridlock.抗议游行造成交通瘫痪。 roads that are prone to gridlocks容易出现交通堵塞的道路 Topics Transport by car or lorryc2 (usually in politics通常用于政治) a situation in which people with different opinions are not able to agree with each other and so no action can be taken僵局（因意见分歧而无法采取行动） Congress is in gridlock.国会因意见分歧而陷入僵局。 Topics Opinion and argumentc2 词源1980s (originally US): from grid (in sense (1)) + lock ‘become rigidly fixed’.
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